Hexagram 47 line 2: Oppression, yang in the second place

What changes when line 2 moves

Line 2 of Hexagram 47 is yang, a solid line. When it is cast as old yang (a 9) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 45, Gathering Together: The lake gathering on the earth: people assembling around a centre, with the resources to make the gathering matter.

Read together, the reading moves from Oppression toward Gathering Together. A lake with no water: exhaustion, confinement, and the strength of character that carries a person through. Earth below, lake above: water collecting on the land, a reservoir. Gathering Together describes assembly: people collecting around a leader or a cause, resources pooled, a community formed. The primary hexagram describes the situation; the changing line is the point of movement in it; the resulting hexagram is where that movement leads. Both hexagrams belong to the reading, and the changing line is the hinge between them.

Hexagram 47 changing to 45 →

Line 2 in context

Love & relationships

Help is coming; wait for it, and do not strike out alone. In love and relationships, Hexagram 47 reads: A drained, hemmed-in stretch, and a time when explaining yourself does not work because words are not believed. Do not argue. Hold your integrity and wait. The lines say oppression is survived by what a person is, not by what they say.

Career

Help is coming; wait for it, and do not strike out alone. In career, Hexagram 47 reads: Exhaustion and confinement: blocked, unheard, worn down. The reading advises against making your case now; it will not be heard. Keep your standards, conserve your strength, and let your conduct speak until words can again.

Money

Help is coming; wait for it, and do not strike out alone. In money, Hexagram 47 reads: Resources drained, options narrow. Endure without panic, avoid desperate moves, and do not try to talk your way out; act quietly and correctly. The tradition promises that the person of character comes through.

A decision

Help is coming; wait for it, and do not strike out alone. In decisions, Hexagram 47 reads: Not a time to decide anything large, and not a time to persuade. Choose the option that costs least and preserves your integrity, and wait for the water to return.